And there it is in a nut shell. Next to Charles Dickens, Dean Koonz
is my favorite author. In fact, I see similarities in their style of
story telling.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/6/19, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I have not read The Green Mile, but I do agree that there are some books
that I remember so well that I would not read them again. By the way,
Stephen King does have a habit of writing really long and to the point
that his editors ask him to cut his manuscripts because they are sure
that people would never buy books as long as they are when he submits
them. After he reached the point that, as he put it, he could publish
his laundry list and it would become a best seller the publishers became
more tolerant of his nearly endless books and one?? in particular was
republished with most of the cuts restored. That was The Stand. I read
the Stand when the shortened version was the only version, but I do
notice that BARD has both versions, so I am continually contemplating
reading the long version to see what I missed. I might also mention that
it was The Stand that broke down my aversion to reading best sellers.
Back when my network library was sending me books on tape based on the
categories I had checked on my original application for talking books
they sent me a copy of The Stand. My first reaction was yuck. It was a
best seller. I do not choose my reading in order to be fashionable and I
even avoid the fashionable so that I won't appear to be trying to be
fashionable. On the other hand, I do like horror literature and I was
curious about Stephen King. I finally decided that as long as I had this
one on hand I would give it a try and no one would ever have to know
that I actually read a best seller as long as I kept quiet about it.
Well, I was very impressed and I went on to seek out Stephen King and
found myself impressed by most of the other writings of his that I read.
He was actually a best seller author who could write well. Now that you
give The Green Mile such high praise my chances of reading that one has
just increased. If you think it is his best it must be pretty good. Now,
I am going to have to admit that my experience with Stephen King has
caused me to allow myself to sample a bit of other best sellers. I don't
think he is quite as good as Stephen King, but if it had not been for my
trying out King I might never have read a book by Dean R. Koontz.
---
Voltaire
??? Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit
atrocities. ???
??? Voltaire,
On 7/6/2019 3:28 PM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
Now there's one big difference between us, Roger. After about two
years that book looks brand new to me. And there have been times when
I left a novel sit for a few days, and when I pick up my book player I
have no recollection of what I was reading...until I listen to a few
words. Then it all comes rolling back
But here's an interesting inconsistency, some novels I remember so
vividly that I would never read them again, even if I was crazy about
the story. The Green Mile is such a tale. I consider it to be
Stephen King's masterpiece, but it made such an indelible impression
in my mind that I would most likely be bored a second time through.
And yet, I've read Dickens novels several times each, enjoying both
his tales as well as the descriptive settings.
As for technical writings? Boring from the first reading to the last.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/6/19, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have found that I can get into reading the same book over if I wait
five or more years. That way I have forgotten enough that a lot of what
I am reading is revelation or I am reminded of things that I haven't
thought of for some time.
---
Voltaire
??? Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit
atrocities. ???
??? Voltaire,
On 7/6/2019 9:49 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Carl,
There are a lot of young people who read books over and over again. It
has
nothing to do with age. I know because of what people write on the DB
Review list. And when I listen to these podcasts, I'm hearing the same
subjects discussed repeatedly, but sometimes with new facts thrown into
the mix. I just don't like hearing the same words repeated. I guess
it's
temperament.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Fwd: An Hour with Noam Chomsky on
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Miriam,
It's one of those subtle signs that I'm getting long in the tooth. I
used
to read or listen to information, or read a novel, and never dream of
wasting my time reading or listening to it again...ever! But in recent
years I find myself listening to the same articles or the same
speakers,
and actually learning new information...again.
I'm sure that this relaxing of my mental process is not the only
indication of the aging process, but being blind, I never worry about
what
would stare back at me from my mirror.
I do chuckle when Cathy and I return home after working with two
clients,
and we can barely stagger into our recliners. When we began back in
1995,
we saw two clients in the morning and two clients following lunch. And
we
worked five days a week in the field, not just Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, and we wrote our reports in the late evening.
If I kept that sort of schedule today, I'd last about one day...and no
reports would ever be written.
By the way, I read A People's History of the United States, twice.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/5/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Again, another repeat. I've just learned from experience that on
holidays, Democracy Now repeats past performances. I may be weird, but
just like I don't reread books, I don't listen to repeat programs.
Happily, I had plenty of podcasts to listen to yesterday and if there
aren't enough today, I have more than enough books. I've just
unsubscribed from my second New York Times podcast. The first was The
Daily, because I didn't like the way they framed most of the news
stories they presented. It felt like a well planned propaganda
presentation. Now, I've deleted The Argument. The most left wing of
the three presenters, is, from my point of view, just slightly left of
the center of the Democratic Party. They're supposed to be providing a
right of center, center left, and leftist view of issues. That's
ridiculous.
There's a whole spectrum of viewpoints on the left that they're
omitting.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 9:50 AM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Fwd: An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism,
Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More | Daily Digest
07/05/2019
From the mind of our nation's leading elder statesman, to your ears.
An address from this past April, and an interview by Amy Goodman.
Carl Jarvis
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